Computers and the demand for skilled labour: Industry- and establishment-level panel evidence for the UK

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 454, 1999, Pages 68-79

  Haskel, Jonathan ^a   Heden, Ylva ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; INCOME; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033031169     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00417     Document Type: Article

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